Simple Homemade Scaffolding

Safe to use and inexpensive to build, A-frames and a couple of planks beat working from a ladder

Veteran builder Mike Guertin argues that you can build these versatile A-frames for less than the cost of renting a 5-ft. section of scaffolding for one day. Here he explains how to build these A-frames from framing lumber.

C.C. Scaffolding -
Crilly Locking BarWith the Crilly locking bar you can lock a 1x10 over the rungs of a ladder at the end of a workday, keeping neighborhood kids from climbing it and thieves from stealing it

EnduraMax -
EnduraMaxOldcastle Architectural has developed a manufactured-stone veneer wall system that incorporates a layer of R-9 expanded polystyrene foam (EPS)